Why you Should Invest in Corrugated Orange Boxes this Winter

Winter is fast approaching and we all know what that means: lots and lots of oranges: kinnows, fruiterers, and maltas. Who else can’t wait to sit outside in the cool air soaking in the sun, peeling those yummy kinnows with your loved ones? Of course, Pakistanis love oranges but did you know how the orange makes its way from the orchards to your tables?

The Pakistani Orange

The most popular kind of Orange in Pakistan: the kinnow is mostly cultivated in Punjab, the breadbasket of the country. Cities like Sargodha, Jhang, Lahore, Sahiwal, Multan, and Gujranwala produce hundreds of thousands of oranges every year. Other provinces and cities like Peshawar, Swat, Sibbi, and Makran in Balochistan, and Sindh also have many orchards.

Kinnow seeds are planted during the months of August, September, and October and are usually ripe and ready to be picked by December, January, and February. A Kinnow tree produces a high yield: up to 1000 oranges can be picked from a single tree. Oranges are then taken to a processing unit where they are separated by quality and sometimes coated with wax to increase their shelf life for a further few months.

The Importance of Packaging 

Then it is finally time to pack the fruit into boxes. Previously, many farmers were using wooden boxes to pack their produce. This was hurting their produce as the quality of hand-made wooden boxes is impossible to ascertain and standardize. Problems such as laborers being injured due to loose nails were common. 

There is also no way of knowing whether the box is food safe and hygienic: many were made of unwashed reused wood. This was one of the reasons why a couple of decades ago, not many Pakistani fruits or vegetables let alone kinnows were not being exported. Other countries did not accept unsafe and rudimentary packaging in their market. Rather, they require that fruit be packaged in corrugated boxes that are food safe, standardized, and meet labeling requirements.

Corrugated Orange boxes on the other hand can actually be made from particularly formulated food-safe paper with the strength desired. So for example if the fruit only has to travel to a nearby city, one can use lighter paper and a cheaper box but if the fruit needs to be exported then heavier paper and more plys need to be used to protect the product.

Moreover, companies or even farmers can choose to design and brand the box to their liking. Farmers that use Custom Corrugated Boxes are actually able to fetch a higher price for their product through branding but also by exporting their fruits to international markets at a much higher price. As we all might have experienced while shopping, the packaging is the first indicator of a brand’s value, product, and quality. So, the packaging is an investment especially if you are in the fruit business. 

 

Your Options

RoshPack is an e-commerce platform that was created for this specific reason. Here you can get Orange Boxes Wholesale and ready to pick up and at cheap prices. As a project of one of the largest packaging companies in Pakistan, RoshPack provides international standard packaging to small and big consumers alike. Thus, small businesses need not make a large investment into the packaging of their products and can conveniently pick up fruit boxes as the needs arise. 

For orders above 2000, RoshPack does provide customization services that allow you to choose the strength, quality, size, and design of the box according to your wishes. So, this winter doesn’t forget to invest in high-quality packaging to propel your brand and fruits to new horizons!